Growing again. Corporate america gets out the checkbook for employees. How long will the good times roll . All that, plus new bombshell. Mckayla maroney claiming usa gymnastics tried to buy her silence on abuse. The new ad that could scare you out of ever texting and driving again. What made Prince William get on his high horse . Today, thursday, december 21st, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on the thursday before christmas. Just when you thought you couldnt love the royals any more, he gets on a horse for that little girl. Why do we love it when they do dorky things . Because theyre just like us. We have breaking news. In australia, a driver rammed his car into a group of pedestrians. It happened in melbourne. There is a suspect in custody this morning. Police say he did it deliberately. Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. T
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Helicopters are flying to fulltime to rescue people trapped by flooding. More dramatic rescues play out in east texas. Overnight the remains of Hurricane Harvey caused significant flooding in nashville. At the arkema Chemical Plant in crosby, texas, more blasts are expected. Even as flooding persists, recovery is under way here. The city of houston is open for business. And quite frankly, we open for business right now. The president would like to join in the efforts and hes pledging a Million Dollars of personal money to the fund. Vice president pence getting his hands dirty and consoling victims. We will be with you every day until texas recovers and rebuilds stronger and better than ever before. To. The Police Officer in georgia is under fire for some controversial comments he made during a traffic stop last july. Remember, to nl kill black people. Yeah, we only kill black people, right . Wildfires burning from california to montana in wa
Im gigi stone woods. Thanks for joining us. Im frances rivera. Lay low, thats the advice given to president trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner after days of reports are he engaged in previously undisclosed communications with a russian operatives attempting to create a back channel with russia during the transition. This morning the New York Times is out with a report federal and congressional investigators examining a discussion with a russian banker and close associate of vladamir putin. Kushners goal during the discussion, to establish a direct line to russian president vladamir putin himself, according to u. S. Officials who spoke to the times. And now republican senator john mccain is out with a stark warning for those who would doubt putin. I think he is the premier and most important threat more so than isis, i think isis can do terrible things. Its the russians who are tried to destroy the very fundamental of the democracy and that is to change the outcome of an american election. I
It wont be in until late tonight or tomorrow. The on shore push has sent clouds out to the sacramento valley. And it is helped along with a west southwest breeze. Even vacaville with a west southwest breeze. Two systems came by yesterday. Here is the second one. It looks Even Stronger, if you will. The clouds are still in place. Theres an on shore breeze for many here. If youre stuck in the fog and the breeze, thats a cold one. 50s for the temps for everybody. Low 50s to mid50s woodside. It is a cool pattern. It will be a partly sunny to mostly cloudy day for most. 7 01 on a tuesday. And is everybody moving back in on the traffic. Yeah. Well [horns honking] what, are we in new york or what . I heard people honking the other day and it made me think of you. People sitting there and creeping along. Like at the bay bridge. Traffic is moving well on the bridge. Once you get to the toll plaza, you will be waiting for about 25 minutes. However, no major problems on the bridge. There have bee
Im gigi stone woods. Thanks for joining us. Im frances rivera. Lay low, thats the advice given to president trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner after days of reports are he engaged in previously undisclosed communications with a russian operatives attempting to create a back channel with russia during the transition. This morning the New York Times times is out with a report federal and congressional investigators examining a discussion with a russian banker and close associate of vladamir putin. Kushners goal during the discussion, to establish a direct line to russian president vladamir putin himself according to u. S. Officials who spoke to the times. And now republican senator john mccain is out and he has this stark warning for those who would doubt putin. I think he is the premier and most important threat more so than isis, i think isis can do terrible things. Its the russians who are tried to destroy the very fundamental of the democracy and that is to change the outcome of an americ